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My sister's friend's mum was Harold Shipman's receptionist

My mum sat next to Andy Bell, of synthpop duo Erasure fame, on a plane


 
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Used to be baby sat by Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics.


 
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this again? oh ok, go on then.

Tried to drink Lemmy under the table at the St moritz club in Soho, he wiped the floor with me.


 
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I shared a ski lift with the winner of the original Big Brother.


 
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I dated a Page 3 girl/porn starlet who sadly is still in the business.


 
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I know pigface's ex.


 
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I [i]am[/i] pigface's ex


 
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can i get pigfaces ex's number?


 
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Barry John, Wales greatest fly half but pissed it away in spectacular fashion, very distant cousin.


 
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Liam Neeson is my 2nd cousin.
Once beat Eric Bristow at darts.


 
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Pigface.

Photos or it didn't happen.

😉


 
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I once carried Bobby Ball's suitcase into a hotel.


 
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I was at school with a guy, whose sister's friend's mum was Harold Shipman's receptionist.


 
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I know Tim Berners-Lee's sister.


 
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ti pin man.....outdrink Lemmy ? are you mental?


 
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Jack Steadman (lead singer of Bombay bicycle club) tried to chat me up at an after gig. He's persistant, I'll give him that.

Stood with Florence Welch in a queue for falafels at Glasto a few years ago, we discussed crochet patterns.


 
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I got kicked out of a train carriage for insulting Tony Christie.


 
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I once had dinner - and breakfast - with David Essex (FWIW, my motorbike appears in a scene of [i]Silver Dream Racer[/i]. )

I appeared on Japanese TV compleating my last munro. http://www.blog.scotroutes.com/p/compleating-my-munros.html

My missus sings gaelic in one of the episodes of Outlander (currently showing in the US).

Pretty pish eh?


 
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I told [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man ]The Six Million Dollar Man[/url] that one of the brake lights on his 911 wasn't working.
Not much help from his bionic implants there then 🙂
He said thanks.


 
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I lived next door for 6 months to one of the foremost actors of our generation. Never met him since.

Tony Blair wrote the foreword to to a close relative's book. I never got a free copy.

One bloke I was at Uni with lives in LA and has his own official fanclub, but you'd never have heard of him...


 
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I sold Alec Stewart a Christmas tree once


 
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I once had* a curry with John Peel. and in a separate incident, Jon Pertwee came and sat at our table at a Honda show at Donington Park and had a conversation with my step dad. he disappeared for a few minuites & came back in his Worzel Gummidge costume and carried on the conversation, but in character. Very funny!

* ok, not strictly [i]with[/i] him, he'd just done a roadshow at Bradford Uni & was in one of the local curry houses. I went in and sat at a nearby table with some friends


 
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I sold David "Kid" Jensen some padded pants.
And I sold Scary Spice a bike.
And I have slept with Susan Boyle.*

*She was in the seat next to me on an overnight flight back from LA. She snores.


 
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* ok, not strictly with him, he'd just done a roadshow at Bradford Uni & was in one of the local curry houses. I went in and sat at a nearby table with some friends

Well if we're doing that, I had dinner sat on an adjoining table to Johnny Vegas in a quiet little restaurant in Barcelona.


 
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Mrs Llama:

had her hair done while Kylie sat in the next chair

nearly ran over Jamie Oliver (and Mrs Oliver) when they stepped of a curb in front of her without looking

both opportunities sorely missed I'm sure you will agree


 
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I worked in a fancy cocktail bar before I went to uni and served Brian Robson and the guy who played Curly Watts on a regular basis and occassionally John Barnes (I didn't know who he was until he gave me a £20 tip) and Lisa Stansfield (who was utterly gorgeous until she opened her mouth). Various other football players also used to come in when playing Man U (although I never recognised any of them).


 
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Craig Charles waved at me when I was on my bike.
I smiled and waved back.
He was really waving at the taxi behind me 😳


 
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OK - I've also sat next to Bruce Forsyth and one of his daughters/wives (aren't they all about the same age?) in a restaurant in Puerto Banus.


 
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and I've been on The Tube. (music TV show with Joolz Holland & Paula Yates for the young 'uns)

in the audience for New Model Army, Jan '84


 
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[quote=geetee1972 ]I worked in a fancy cocktail bar
Don't you want me?


 
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Excellent thread

A business I ran was in the papers, including the Daily Mail business section 8O.
My ex boss was sent to jail for money laundering, he was invloved in trying to fund a missile sale to terrorists (it was all an FBI sting operation).
I have the same name as one of Madonna's ex's (tenuous).


 
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I once worked with someone who was locked in his school locker by Michael Hutchence.


 
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Jeremy Clarksons mum lives in the next village to me


 
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Patrick viera asked me to move my van as I was blocking his drive.


 
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Demonstrated CPR to Princess Anne.

My mum went on a date with Emlyn Hughes.


 
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[quote=chip ]Patrick viera asked me to move my van as I was blocking his drive.
Does he make tellies?


 
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I have the same name as one of Madonna's ex's (tenuous).

I was in a band with a guy who went on to play guitar on her Ray Of Light album


 
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Don't you want me?

I did but that was five years ago


 
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I fixed fergal sharkys window.


 
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I sang on the Christmas No.1, in 1980, keeping John Lennon off top spot.


 
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Had Christmas dinner on a table next to Bryan Robson and Paul McGrath in the Four Seasons by Manchester Airport.

Shared a hotel room with BBC weather man Tomasz Schafernaker.

Was in Hollyoaks as an extra.

Had breakfast (on the same long table) with Page 3 strumpets Jacqui Degg, Lelani, new to the world Jordan and another blonde one


 
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chip » Patrick viera asked me to move my van as I was blocking his drive.
Does he make tellies?

I did not know who he was either.


 
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My Dad taught a bloke who [url= http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Gobler ]played a Nazi in Raiders of the Lost Ark[/url]. In fact my Mum spoke to him in the local Asda last week (the actor chap).


 
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I was on TV in an episode of Heart Of The Country in the 90s, filmed while on a mid-week guided group ride with Gerry McGarr of Year 2000 in the Forest OF Dean.
The whole deal was that MTBing was a healthy way to escape executive stress.
My brother came off pulling a jump right in front of the camera and they kept it in the show. Next time I met Gerry it turns out there had been complaints that we looked too reckless... 😆


 
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Few of years ago my band supported Adam Ant in Portsmouth.

It was mental. He was playing guitar with a leather glove on his fretting hand, and for about 15 minutes kept starting and stopping 'Prince Charming'.

The next night this happened:

[url= http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/it-s-adam-r-ant-as-80s-singer-loses-the-plot-at-church-concert-1-1250924 ]Adam R-Ant[/url]


 
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